Medicinal chemistry is the application of chemistry to the discovery, design and synthesis of new drugs. This unit is of value to all chemistry, biomolecular sciences and medical sciences students. The central core of the unit is the description of methods used for the discovery of new drugs, how these are modified to produce more active compounds, transportation to and from their points of action and how they are cleared from the body. Topics include: the structure and function of biological targets (proteins and DNA); sources of new drugs from nature; and lead generation and methods of lead modification to make more active, selective or less toxic drugs. This is followed by a study of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Joanne Jamie
Prerequisites: CBMS204 and (3cp from CBMS200-CBMS203 or CBMS205-234)
